Corset.



v Patented Mar. 25, I902. A. E. DECKER.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANNIE E. DECKER, OF'BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

CORSET.

SPECIFICATION formingpart 0f Letters Patent NO. 696,227, dated. March25, 1902.

Application filed April 10, 1901. S rial No. 55,123. (No model.)

T0 at whom it may concern:

Be it known thatI, ANNIE E. DECKER, a citizen of the United States,residing in the borough of Brooklyn, county of Kings, and city and Stateof New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCorsets, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to corsets made up from pieces of woven fabriccut to the proper shape and stitched together to impart the desiredcontour to the corset. In this class of corsets, in order that they-maymold themselves to the form of the wearer, gores are set in at both topand bottom; and one of the features of this corset is the arrangement ofthe grain of the fabric so that the warp or weft threads will extendstraight or practically straight with or along the upper and lowermargins of the corset and not be oblique toor bias with said edges. Thisavoids that stretching of the goods which produces a change in the shapeand fit of the corset.

Another feature of importance is a provision for adjusting the compassof the corset at its upper edge, and particularly in front, in order tocause the corset to fit snugly over the bust.

In the drawings which serve to illustrate an embodiment of theinvention, Figure 1 is a view of the corset as a whole distended to fitthe person of the wearer, the view being in substance a front view. Fig.2 is an inside view of the front upper edge of the corset, showing theadj usting feature and Fig. 3 is a plan view of the part seen in Fig. 2.These views are on a somewhat larger scale than Fig. 1.

As in the ordinary corset, the one herein illustrated comprises two likehalves A A, of which a a are the busks, provided with any suitablefastenings, and b the lacing at theback. The lines of stitching indicatethe pockets containing the bones. At the top of the corset in front aregores c, and at the bottom are hip-gores d and larger front gores e. Thegores have the directions'of the threads of the fabric marked on them,and it should enables them to resist the strains best. Therefore thecorset will maintain its form and dimensions very perfectly and for along time. At the upper-edge of the corset, at each side of the busksand extending over the space of the two gores c,is a pocket g, in whichis a double draw-string h, one end of which is fixed at z and the otherend of which passesout of the pocket at the edge thereof where the huskis situated. This free end or bight of the string or cord his (or maybe) provided with an eye 2 to engage a hook j, secured to the corset atthe opposite side. Figs. 2 and 3 clearly show the arrangement. Theremay, if desired, be a series of two or more hooks 3', set at differentdistances from the busk, so that the draw-strings may be made to gatherand take in more or less of the front of the corset at its upper edge,the hooks serving to hold all that has been taken up. In Figs. 2 and?)only a part of each pocket is shown and only the hooks j at the pointsbetween the gores c.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- A corset having at itsupper edge in front the pockets g, the draw-strings h, fixed at one

